The scene: a bear drinking water from a lake. Which is the biotic factor and which is the abiotic factor?
Biotic factor = Bear
Abiotic factor = water
100
What might happen to an organism if it's habitat could not meet one of it's needs?
The organism might not survive.
The organism might migrate (move) to another location.
200
All the members of one species in a particular area
What is a population?
200
Nonliving part of an organisms surroundings
What is abiotic factors
200
Give two examples of how to know if something is living.
Something is living it is:
- Made of cells
- obtains and uses energy
- grows and develops
- reproduces
- responds to the environment
- adapts to it's environment
200
Explain why water and sunlight are two abiotic factors that are important to most organisms.
most organisms need water to stay hydrated and sunlight to remain warm. Water and sunlight are also two important factors in photosynthesis.
300
All the different populations that live together in an area
What is a community
300
Double Jeopardy:
The process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food.
What is Photosynthesis
300
The root word Bio means:
The prefix A means:
Bio means life
A means life
300
Double Jeopardy:
List the Ecological levels in order:
- biome, ecosystem, organism, biosphere, population, community
What is:
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
400
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings
What is ecosystem
400
Double Jeopardy:
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.
What is Species
400
Create an illustration of a habitat with two abiotic factors and two biotic factors.
What is (see illustration)
400
What does a habitat provide for organisms?
What is:
food, shelter, water, and other things to survive, grow, and reproduce
500
The part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life.
What is Biosphere
500
What is the difference between nonliving and dead?
What is nonliving means that it has never lived while death means that it once had a life.
500
The 5 abiotic factors we have learned about are:
What is:
1. Water
2. Sunlight
3. Oxygen
4. Temperature
5. Soil
500
Would all the different kinds of organisms in a forest be considered a population or a community? Explain.
What is community. Because population is all the members of one species in a particular area where community is the different populations living in a particular area.